Poems & Selections

When I Must Leave You (P)

When I must leave you for a little while
please do not grieve and shed wild tears and
hug your sorrow to you through the years
but start out bravely with a gallant smile; and
for my sake and in my name live on and do
all things the same, feed not your loneliness
on empty days, but fill each waking hour in
useful ways, reach out your hand in comfort
and in cheer and I in turn will comfort you
and hold you near; and never, never be afraid
to die, for I am waiting for you in the sky!

by Reinhold Niebuhr God grant me the Serenity To Accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can, Wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking as He did, This sinful world as it […]
They say that times a healer But as the time goes on. I seem to find it just as hard To face the fact you’re gone.And today it’s the anniversary Of the day that you went away, And I’m standing here at your graveside And believe me when I say.You’ll never be forgotten And every […]
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where this is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not seek to be consoled as […]
And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be any more. The former things have passed away.